Horse-hoof-paring knife.



M. MOSES.

. HORSE-HOOF PAR|NG KNIFE.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY2, 1914.

1 ,m2,7g. Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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PATENT oration.

MOSE MOSES, 0F. JACKSON, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD T0 V-TILLIS F. ARNOLD AND ONE-THIRD TO JOE S. ATKINS, BOTH 0F JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

HOBSE-HOOF-PABING KNIFE.

Application filed July 2, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Moss Mosns, citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in llorse-Hoof-Paring Knives, of which the following is a specifi' cation.

The present invention relates in general to farriers tools, and more particularly to a hoof pairing instrument which embodies novel features of construction whereby the bottom of the hoof may be readily cleaned preparatory to applying a shoe, without danger of breaking or tearing the horny substance of which the hoof is composed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hoof paring knife which is co1nparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be readily applied to a hoof, and which holds the knife edge in proper position so that the hoof can be accurately pared without danger of the knife edge slipping and causing injury.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a horse hoof paring knife constructed in accordance with the invention, portions of the handles being broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, portions of the handles being broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the concave hoof engaging plate at the end of one of the complemental lever members. Fig. 1 is a similar view of the knife member at one end of the other complemental lever member.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by. the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, the numerals 1 and 2 designate a pair of complemental lever members which provide handles for use in manipulating the tool.

Specification of Letters Patent.

These comple- Patented Dec. 1, 1915.

Serial No. 848,589.

mental lever members may be provided with suitable hand receiving loops or keepers 3, and are shown as terminating at the rear ends thereof in balls or knobs l. The levers 1 and 2 are pivotally connected by means of a suitable pin or bolt 5 and the respective forward ends 1 and 2 of the levers have oppositely extending substantially Ushaped bends therein. It will also be observed that the forward ends 1 and 2 of the lever members have a greater thickness than the handles 1 and 2, the handles being slightly offset from the forward ends of the levers and shoulders 6 being provided adjacent the pivot pin 5 so that the curved forward ends 1 and 2 of the lever members are disposed in substantially the same plane. Bv reference to Fig. it will also be seen that the rear ends of the handles 1 and 2 are slightly inclined toward each. other so that when the tool is in an upright position the knobs or balls 1 are directly over each other and in the same plane with the oppositely curved forward ends 1 and 2 of the lever me1nbers.

The extremity of the curved end 1 of the lever member 1 is provided with a concaved plate 7 which extends substantially longitudinal of the tool, while the extremity of the curved end 2'" of the lever member 2 carries a knife member 8 which extends transversely of the tool. The concave plate 7 is curved to conform to the sides of the horses hoof and is designed to be fitted against the same with the heel thereof at the bottom of the hoof. The plate is of sufficient size to obtain a firm bearing upon the hoof and tapers in thickness toward the rounded upper end thereof, while the heel 7 a of the plate is cut off squarely in the plane of the knife 8 and provides a shearing edge 9 for cooperation therewith. This concave plate 7 may be either formed integral with the lever member 1 or, as shown by the present instance, constructed as a separate element and detacliably applied thereto by some suitable fastening member such as the screw 10.

The knife member 8 has a width correspondingto the width of the concave hoof engaging plate 7 and is provided with a cutting edge 8* adapted to cooperate with the shearing'edge 9 of the plate 7 and having a curvature corresponding to the concave formation of the plate 7. This knife 8 may either be formed integral with the lever member 2 or, as is shown in the present instance, provided with a shank 8 which fits within a suitable recess within the extremity of the curved end 2 of the lever 2 and is secured in position by a suitable fastening member such as the screw 11.

In the use of the instrument the concave face of the hoof engaging plate 7 is placed 7 firmly against the side of the horses hoof with the shearing edge 9 at the bottom of the horses hoof. When the levers l and 2 are now brought together, the cutting edge 8 of the knife member 8 will cooperate With the she ring edge 9 of the plate 7 to trim the hoof accurately in the required manner. The plate 7 has a considerable width so as to obtain a firm bearing surface uponthe hoof and the knife member is thus placed absolutely under the control of the operator so that the hoof is pared in the desired manner without any danger of the knife slipping and causing injury. F urthermore, the plate 7 bears firmly against the sides'of the horses hoof so as to prevent breaking or tearing of the edges of the hoof while trimming the same. It will thus be obvious that owing to the construction of the tool the hoof can be accurately trimmed exactly as required Without any danger of injury either to the animal or operator, and

without danger of tearing and breaking the hoof.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein described horse hoof paring implement including a pair of eemplemental lever members pivotally connected at an intermediate point in their length, the rear ends of the lever members providing handles while the forward ends thereof are bent to provide opposed U-shaped jaws, a longitudinally extending and transversely concaved hoof engaging plate detachably fitted to the extremity of one of the jaws, said concave plate being of suflicient sire to obtain a firm hearing upon the hoof and terminating at the inner end thereof in a transversely disposed shearing edge, and a transversely disposed cooperating knife detachably applied to the extremity of the opposite jaw, said knife having a width corresponding to the width of the hoof engaging plate and being formed with a cutting edge which is curved to conform to the curvature of the shearing edge of the hoof engaging plate.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSE MOSES.

itnesses WILLIs F. ARNOLD, Jon S. ATKINS.

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